Front page stories on the April 4, 1968, assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which took place in Memphis, Tennessee. The local, weekly newspapers in the Lykens Valley area did not cover the story, but it was covered extensively in the Pottsville newspapers starting the next day.
Above, the front page of the Pottsville Evening Herald and Ashland Daily News, April 5, 1968:
Police Hunt White Sniper As Assassin of Dr. King, Famed Civil Rights Leader
Gov. Shafer Leads Official Tribute to ‘Non-Violent Man’
LBJ Calls Negro Leaders To White House Meeting
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Above, the front page of the Pottsville Republican, April 5, 1968:
Dr. King’s Assassin Remains at Large
Repercussions Are Violent
LBJ’s Plea – Non-Violence
He Had a Dream – Racial Equality – Non Violence
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Above, the front page of the Pottsville Republican, April 6, 1968:
Riots Cut Path of Death, Destruction in U. S.
White House Turned Into Fortress Amid Violence
Net for Assassin Spread Hundreds of Miles
Sporadic Violence in State
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Above, the front page of the Pottsville Evening Herald and Ashland Daily News, April 6, 1968:
FBI Agents Scour South in Hunt for Killer of Dr. King
Shafer Urges State Tribute For Dr. King
Wave of Violence Sweeps Across Major U. S. Cities With at Least 14 Killed
LBJ Keeps Close Watch Over National Racial Crisis
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Pages obtained through Newspapers.com.
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